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Economic situation in Afghanistan

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Shah Mehrabi
Shah Mehrabi

“In a country already devastated by the twin crises of war and COVID-19, the desperate lack of dollars in the market is leaving importers unable to pay for their shipments. Food is becoming scarce and grocery stores are unable to fully restock. As prices rise, people are rushing to withdraw and spend their savings before the banking sector collapses. Private businesses are not able to fund operations, shutting down and laying off the privileged few who still have jobs. A growing number of Afghans are suffering from hunger, poverty, and a lack of access to basic goods and services. In short, the country is in a total humanitarian crisis.”

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Member of the Supreme Council of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, professor of Economics at Montgomery College and former advisor to the Afghan president
29 Jan 2022 8 3
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Shafiullah Azam
Shafiullah Azam

“We are requesting them to unfreeze Afghan assets and not punish ordinary Afghans because of the political discourse. Because of the starvation, because of the deadly winter, I think it's time for the international community to support Afghans, not punish them because of their political disputes.”

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Taliban delegate
23 Jan 2022 4 2
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Ahmed-Waleed Kakar
Ahmed-Waleed Kakar

“The main challenges for women are those reflected across the country at large - the financial and economic. Most Afghans live in rural areas where people depend on agriculture rather than formal employment to make a living. But now, they are struggling to get by and there's a massive surge in food insecurity. Women who were in the public sector, alongside the men, are receiving salaries irregularly, if at all.”

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Independent Afghan analyst
12 Jan 2022 9 2
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Eloom Bibi
Eloom Bibi

“Charity from people helped me a lot. But now, there's nothing [coming in] and I understand why. People are jobless. There are thousands of widows in this country who used to work. Now that the Taliban has taken over the country, all women have been made to stay home. What can a woman do to support her family? Things were better before. My kids were going to school - girls and boys. We used to receive donations, and women were free.”

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Widowed mother of six from Shemol village on the outskirts of Jalalabad
12 Jan 2022 6 2
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Imran Khan
Imran Khan

“Unless action is taken immediately, Afghanistan is heading for chaos. Any government when it can't pay its salaries for its public servants, hospitals, doctors, nurses, any government is going to collapse but chaos suits no one, it certainly does not suit the United States.”

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Prime Minister of Pakistan
19 Dec 2021 1 4
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Imran Khan
Imran Khan

“Even before 15th of August, half the population below the poverty line, years of corrupt governance, 75 percent of the budget supported by foreign aid. Now a country in that situation, after 15th of August, if the foreign aid dries up, the foreign funds get frozen, banking system freezes, any country is going to collapse, let alone Afghanistan which suffered for the past 40 years.”

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Prime Minister of Pakistan
19 Dec 2021 6 3
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Abdul Ghani Baradar
Abdul Ghani Baradar

“The US is unhappy about leaving Afghanistan, the people who are here and who were allies to the US want to create economic problems here. The money that they have frozen belongs to Afghanistan or to Ghani? Why is the world not telling the US that this money belongs to the people of Afghanistan, not the government officials? Economic problems are increasing day by day. When a country plunges into economic problems, it will not only affect that country, but will also affect other countries. Our only demand is that the US should show the same behavior toward the Afghan people and government as it does with the world.”

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Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan
14 Dec 2021 4 3
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Amir Khan Muttaqi
Amir Khan Muttaqi

“The assets should be freed immediately. The Americans don't have any military front with us now. What is the reason for freezing the assets? The assets don't belong to the Mujahideen (Islamic Emirate) but to the people of Afghanistan. The US froze our assets and then told us that it will provide us humanitarian aid. What does it mean?”

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Foreign Minister of Afghanistan in the Taliban's government
21 Nov 2021 5 4
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David Beasley
David Beasley

“It is as bad as you possibly can imagine. In fact, we're now looking at the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth. Ninety-five percent of the people don't have enough food, and now we're looking at 23 million people marching towards starvation. The next six months are going to be catastrophic. It is going to be hell on Earth.”

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Executive Director of the World Food Programme
08 Nov 2021 4 3
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